Cinematheque Blog

By John Ewing, Cinematheque Director
When I first heard about Gary D. Rhodes’ book The Perils of Moviegoing in America, 1896-1950 (Continuum, 2012), I had to find a copy because, well, moviegoing doesn’t exactly seem...

By John Ewing, Cinematheque Director
Dan Talbot, who died in late December at age 91, was a longtime exhibitor and distributor of art films. He ran the New Yorker Theater, a repertory house on the Upper...

By John Ewing, Cinematheque Director
For the most part, I have been very happy with the Cinematheque’s new location in the growing “Uptown” district on Euclid Avenue east of Mayfield Road. (We’ve been here since August...

By John Ewing
Is there still a year-round audience for new foreign-language films in Cleveland?
Or are most northeast Ohio moviegoers content to watch them only once a year, when they play as part of the Cleveland...

Are Oscar voters racist? Some have implied as much. This is because, for the second year running, there are no people of color among the 20 actors nominated in the Academy Awards’ four acting categories...